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<div style="text-align:center;"><br /><span style="font-size:150%;">'''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}'''</span><br />The wiki about Poker that anyone can edit
  
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&nbsp;<big>'''Featured Article:''' A summary of cardrooms and casinos in the [[Los Angeles]] area </big>
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&nbsp;<big>'''Featured Article:''' An overview of cardrooms, online and live, in [[California]].</big>
 
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[[Image:San_manuel_outside.jpg|thumb|250px|Exterior of the [[San Manuel]] Casino east of Los Angeles]]
  
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'''Poker Wiki''' is a resource for information about all aspects of [[poker]]: games at brick-and-mortar [[casino]]s, [[online poker]], and [[home game]]s, as well as related topics like [[poker strategy]], [[bankroll management]], [[game selection]] and [[rakeback]].
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'''Poker Wiki''' is a resource for information about all aspects of [[PokerWiki:Community Portal|poker]]: games at brick-and-mortar [[casino]]s, [[online poker]], and [[home game]]s, as well as related topics like [[poker strategy]], [[bankroll management]], [[game selection]] and [[rakeback]].
   
 
Join in - if there is anything you'd like to add, be bold and start editing. Don't worry if you make a mistake, somebody will fix it, we promise! Poker Wiki can cite [[poker forums]], [[blogs]], original research or even rumors and speculation. Our content can go much deeper than other sites, but we depend on help from people like '''you''' to make that happen! The [[PokerWiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]] is a great place to get started.
  
Join in - if there is anything you'd like to add, be bold and start editing. Don't worry if you make a mistake, somebody will fix it, we promise! Poker Wiki can cite [[poker forums]], [[blogs]], original research or even rumors and speculation. Our content can go much deeper than other sites, but we depend on help from people like '''you''' to make that happen! The [[PokerWiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]] is a great place to get started.
   
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&nbsp;<big>Just starting out? You may want to read the '''[[Beginner]] Portal!'''</big>
  
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:...the basics of [[how to play poker]]
  
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== Why a wiki? ==
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==Why a wiki?==
 
Confused as to the purpose of this site? Wondering why we need another poker site? See [[PokerWiki:Why a wiki?]]
  
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*'''We need volunteers''' to help update articles. Simply create a user name and help us update the history of online poker, regulated US sites, player profiles or any of the other 2700+ articles in the poker wiki!
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Revision as of 03:42, 30 July 2021


Welcome to Poker Wiki
The wiki about Poker that anyone can edit

2,787 articles since May 2005


 Featured Article: An overview of cardrooms, online and live, in California.

San manuel outside

Exterior of the San Manuel Casino east of Los Angeles

Poker Wiki is a resource for information about all aspects of poker: games at brick-and-mortar casinos, online poker, and home games, as well as related topics like poker strategy, bankroll management, game selection and rakeback.

Join in - if there is anything you'd like to add, be bold and start editing. Don't worry if you make a mistake, somebody will fix it, we promise! Poker Wiki can cite poker forums, blogs, original research or even rumors and speculation. Our content can go much deeper than other sites, but we depend on help from people like you to make that happen! The Community Portal is a great place to get started.


 Just starting out? You may want to read the Beginner Portal!

Learn

...the basics of how to play poker
...the rules of a particular poker game, especially Limit hold 'em
...about video poker and other poker-derived casino games
...about the history of poker
...what a word means in poker
...about poker slang
...about poker strategy

Find

...a casino or online casino
...a poker website
...a poker book or magazine or newspaper
...a poker TV show
...a movie or song about poker
...a famous poker professional
...a picture of a poker chip

Advanced

...general strategy
...tournament strategy
...ring game strategy
...strategies for micro-limits
...poker philosophy
...bankroll management

Why a wiki?

Confused as to the purpose of this site? Wondering why we need another poker site? See PokerWiki:Why a wiki?

quicklinks: casino reviews | online casinos | bankroll management | books | limit hold 'em | no-limit | omaha | 7-stud | razz | 5-draw | sngs | definitions | history | rakeback


What's New: July 2021

  • We need volunteers to help update articles. Simply create a user name and help us update the history of online poker, regulated US sites, player profiles or any of the other 2700+ articles in the poker wiki!

Now working on 2,787 articles, and you can help!

Helping out

Not sure where to start?


Adding content
  • Every wiki has two list of articles that need help called "Stubs" and "Wanted Articles". Don't be shy, get in there.
  • Uploading images is another really easy way to help out - see the Special:Upload page!


Talk and more...
  • Check out the community portal to see what the community is working on, to give feedback or just to say hi.
Poker Wiki Rules Follow the rules of the Poker Wiki. Be courteous, helpful, active, and do not spam!



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